23rd Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Artistic
Graves of Light #1

A double exposure of my self-portrait layered with a cemetery landscape. The image explores the fragile presence of life among forgotten graves, reflecting on how memory itself becomes an invisible architecture of the dead.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 07.2025
Date Uploaded: 11.2025
Photo Location: Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America
Camera: Perfection V800/V850
Copyright: © Maryam Ghasempour Siahgaldeh